HOUSTON\u00a0\u2014 The University of Houston Tennis team continues its homestand as it hosts UTSA on Friday and SFA on Sunday at the Barbara Wallace Winston Tennis Facility.<\/p>\n
The Cougars kick off the weekend Friday against UTSA at 1 p.m., and after a schedule change due to incoming weather, continue Sunday against SFA at 2 p.m. A stream for both matches can be found here<\/a>, with live stats available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n LAST TIME OUT \u2013 UHCougars.com \u2013<\/p>\n
\nThe Cougars maintained their perfect start to the season, sweeping New Mexico, 4-0 and UTRGV, 7-0 in a doubleheader at the Barbara Wallace Winston Tennis Facility.
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\nSeniors Sophie Schouten<\/a> and Chems Doha Zeghlouli<\/a> won both of their doubles matches with Schouten, Zeghlouli and Krokhotina going perfect on the weekend.
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\nJuniors Elizavata Morozova and Petja Drame<\/a> helped capture the doubles point against UTRGV before freshman Alexia Lavinia Puiac<\/a>, Morozova and Drame added singles points.
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\nABOUT HOUSTON
\nHouston enters its second season under the direction of Head Coach Katarina Adamovic<\/a> and returns five starters from a season ago.
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\nThe Cougars are off to their best start since 2018 at 7-0. Houston has swept all seven opponents for the first time in program history.
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\nHouston features a pair of new staff members in former Missouri women’s tennis head coach Chris Wootton<\/a> as an assistant coach and six-time All-WAC performer Santa Strombacha<\/a> as a graduate assistant.
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\nHouston added Chems Doha Zeghlouli<\/a> and Petja Drame<\/a> to its roster over the summer and welcomed Alexia Lavinia Puiac<\/a> in December.
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\nABOUT UTSA
\nUTSA is 4-1 to open the season with their lone loss coming in a 4-3 defeat at Abilene Christian.
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\nDoubles pairs Natalia Castaneda\/Giuliana Giardina and Celine Absawi\/Laia Tarazona Peyro each sport two wins on courts one and three, respectively. Aoka Nagasawa leads the Roadrunners with a pair of singles wins on court five.
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\nHouston owns a 10-3 record against UTSA. The Cougars and Roadrunners meet for the fourth straight season with UTSA claiming the previous three meetings. Krokhotina and junior Iva Sepa<\/a> were two of the three point scorers in last season’s 4-3 loss in San Antonio, Texas.
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\nABOUT SFA
\nSFA is 0-2 to start the season with 5-2 losses to Abiliene Christian and North Texas. Sonja Rooth is 2-0 on court three to lead the Ladyjacks. All three doubles pairs have one win on the season.
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\nHouston sports a perfect 9-0 record against SFA with its most recent meeting being a 7-0 sweep in 2023 (Feb. 12). Schouten helped secure the doubles point and secured a singles point in the victory.
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\nSTAY CONNECTED
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